It's been way too long since I have posted.  I have been thinking about posting, but it's just not the same.
Since the Crossfit Games took place at the end of July I have had a lot of travel, and that is no excuse, but I just haven't been disciplined enough to sit my butt down and share some of my thoughts and things I have been going through - so here it goes.

Our team did really well at the games, we finished 15th overall which is phenomenal considering there are close to 3,000 affiliates worldwide now - definitely not a bad showing, but part of me felt dissapointed with the outcome.   I think everyone on our team had super high expectations, after winning the southern california regionals we thought we had a chance to compete for the title at the Home Depot Center.  We competed hard, but made a couple of mistakes here and there and things just didn't turn out the way we wanted them to - that's the way it goes in competition sometimes.  Losing is not always the easiest thing to cope with, the dissappointment provided a lot of opportunity for what I call character building.

I feel like the experience definitely was beyond what I could have imagined, but I was in a lull for about a week until i let go.  I remember this lesson - it's not necessarily about the outcome of the competition, but doing your best and leaving it all out there.  So what we didn't win, big deal, our fans love us just the same.   It was amazing to have the CF Invictus community AKA Sea of Green cheering for us.

I was gone 3 out of the 4 weekends in August, the first trip was to San Francisco and this was a play/vacation.  I competed in the SF Track & Field Pride Meet where I reconnected with some people I met at the Gay Games last summer.  This was a super fun event, nothing I trained for specifically and just went out and enjoyed myself :)  I also had the opportunity to spend the weekend with my good friend Miguel from college and I always cherish our times together.  We've known each other since my freshman year in college which is now going on 12 years and our friendship has definitely grown and evolved over the years through the good and bad times :)  He's someone I highly respect, trust and always learn from and when we get to hang out we have some of the best conversations ever.

Next weekend I was in Houston coaching a Crossfit Endurance course, and this was the biggest one I've lead.  There were 53 athletes signed up, I had an assistant coach and an intern and the weekend was beyond amazing.  Bayou City Crossfit is a fantastic facility with some great coaches and everything fell into place perfectly and had the most incredible experience where everything clicked!

The next weekend I was in Ventura for another Crossfit Endurance course and I had the opportunity to attend a nutrition seminar with Dr. John Berrardi from Precision Nutrition as well - this was an awesome experience.  Both the course and the seminar, the whole weekend was great!  To top off the weekend I had dinner with one of the best people in the world - my friend Stephen Baldonado, and god knows we've been through some years together from college, NY and now here in California.  Such a great person and our conversations always seem to pick up where they leave off :)

Tired of the travel yet?  I went almost 3 weeks straight without a day off and I didn't get run down at all - i guess this whole eating healthy and working out helps...

I was here for labor day weekend and attended Feeling Good, where I got to reconnect with some people in the program.  The next week I was off to Palm Springs for the annual event I attend - Hot N Dry  This is one of the things I look forward to every year,  for me personally its an experience like no other, hard to describe.  We had a group of 4 that shared a room and we had a fantastic time - everyone got along great, met some new people, got to know some people better - all around a phenomenal weekend!!!  I have already signed up for next year - this is my 4th year in a row that I have attended :)

The following weekend I went to Portland to coach the Crossfit Endurance course there - I had been there in February and Tony had attended the course I coached there, so it was nice to have a familiar face in the crowd as he was hosting at his facility.  Portland is a beautiful city, I stayed close to downtown and went exploring the city on Friday night - walked around for about an hour, went to a meeting, took public transportation back and felt super connected to the city.

That's the end of the travel - 5 out of 6 weekends gone, had some amazing experiences and met lots of people and feeling like I am living life to the fullest.  I am not scheduled to travel till November which is great, give me some sense of calm and getting into a routine and to compliment being here we've launched a 5k training program for 5 weeks :)  I like to stay busy, i find that I am more effective and efficient if I have a lot going on - what I did learn this year is to minimize my distractions and made sure the things that I was busy with were in alignment with my goals and help me get to where I want to be instead of just being busy for the sake of being busy - can you relate?

All in all I was telling a good friend last night that I feel super rejuvenated - once I got past the lull of the games I have been super focused, driven, motivated and inspired to continue to make a difference, positively impact people in the world and empower individuals to pursue their dreams & passions.  I feel like I am one of the luckiest people in the world, living a dream life.  I think that's about all for now, there's a couple of books that I've read in the past few months that have contributed to the overall level of happiness that I have been experiencing but that's going to require another blog post altogether - I will get it done this week :)

Long overdue

This blog is about to get some work done on it
First the picture has been updated - thank you to Lululemon for the pictures, love them!
I will be posting more frequently, I have all sorts of excuses and reasons why I haven't been doing so, but none are really all that meaningful.
Stay tuned....